Seahawks' Carson named NFC Offensive Player of the Month for December

Seahawks standout second-year RB Chris Carson was named the NFC's Offensive Player of the Month for December on Thursday.

Seahawks standout second-year RB Chris Carson was named the NFC's Offensive Player of the Month for December on Thursday.

Photo: GENNA MARTIN, SEATTLEPI.COM

Photo: GENNA MARTIN, SEATTLEPI.COM

Image
1of/4

Caption

Close

Image 1 of 4

Seahawks standout second-year RB Chris Carson was named the NFC's Offensive Player of the Month for December on Thursday.

Seahawks standout second-year RB Chris Carson was named the NFC's Offensive Player of the Month for December on Thursday.

Photo: GENNA MARTIN, SEATTLEPI.COM

Seahawks' Carson named NFC Offensive Player of the Month for December

1 / 4

Back to Gallery

Seahawks running back Chris Carson has been named the NFC's Offensive Player of the Month for December, the NFL announced Thursday.

Carson, at the forefront of Seattle's revitalized run game this season, went on a monster tear to end the regular season. He rushed for 100-plus yards in the last three games, including a career-high 122 yards in the regular-season finale against the Arizona Cardinals. The second-year standout finished 2018 fifth in the league in rushing yards (1,151), seventh in carries (247) and tied for seventh in rushing touchdowns (9).

Carson became the first Seahawks tailback to reach 1,000 rushing yards in a season since Marshawn Lynch in 2014.

"Chris Carson is the hardest running back in the league in my opinion," left tackle Duane Brown told reporters last week. "He's a bigger back but he runs with a great amount of quickness and speed. He can break away from faster defenders but he also punishes defenders as well and he doesn't shy away from contact, and I think when you get inside the 10 and the 5-yard line, there's no doubt in our minds that he's going to score."